YOR Health Digestive Enzymes Are Tough to Beat!

When I was first investigating digestive enzymes I felt a little overwhelmed. Because they are considered nutraceuticals here in the U.S. there is no standardized unit of measure that every manufacturer has to include on the nutritional label. This made my quest to compare products very difficult.

So of course, I spent a few nights searching for any tidbit I could find on digestive enzymes. After weeding through a lot of random medical studies and a few overly complicated websites, I happened to find a great little site that does the best job breaking down the basics of digestive enzymes. That website is called Enzyme Stuff.

If you are looking to try and compare digestive enzyme products, GO HERE and read about how to compare enzyme products.

I won't recreate everything from the Selecting Products Guide, but there are a few key insights that I'd like to share that were helpful for me. I will include links to sources whenever possible.

1. Digestive enzymes should never be measured in milligrams (mg). Since a digestive enzyme's effectiveness is based on the activity level of the enzyme, milligrams are a useless measurement. Any product that ONLY gives you milligrams is a waste of money. Many products give you milligrams AND units that measure activity. One common unit of measure used to measure the activity level of protease (digestive enzymes that specifically digest proteins) is an HUT.

YOR Health Digestive Enzymes all have 80,000 HUT of protease per capsule. I have found that this is pretty high per pill. Also there are no fillers in these products at all, wheras most I found have fillers that can add sodium.

EXAMPLE: Competitor Product A has 26,000 HUT of protease per 2 capsules = 13,000 HUT of protease per 1 capsule. What this actually means is that YOR Digestive Enzymes work a little over 6 times faster than the competition. The competition is about $5 less than YOR, but you can see that if you compare the effectiveness, you would have to spend much more to accomplish the same amount of digestive power if you chose the competition.

2. Just what are enzymes and why are they so important? I found this video to be extremely helpful. This guy simplifies everything so even a child could understand it!

3. All digestive enzymes are not created equal! Many plant-based enzymes can survive the hostile environment of the stomach and actually make it into the intestines where the majority of nutrient absorption takes place. YOR Digestive Enzymes are the highest quality and are super potent. They were developed by Dr. Fuller who is one of the pioneers of digestive enzyme research.

Here is an article explaining the difference between enzymes.

....and a video.

Quick Start Training - New Distributors START HERE ;)

I'd like to encourage everyone who has decided to become a YOR Health Distributor to give your business a kick-start by watching ALL of these videos (made by Phil Walker) and taking notes. If you haven't yet made the decision to join the YOR Health family, please take a look at these videos to get a preview of some of the great training and leadership our team can offer you when you start your business. Enjoy!!!

Let the Challenge Begin!

My Body Fat Challenge 2010 is set to begin this Sunday, January 31, 2010!!! Also to be known on my blog as BFC, the Body Fat Challenge is a challenge I have set for myself to try and lower my body fat percentage 10 points in 90 days.

During these 90 days I will be working out on my own without the help of a personal trainer or even a gym membership. My reason behind this approach is that I want to prove that you don't have to hire a personal trainer or a personal chef for that matter to achieve the body (and level of health of course!) of your dreams.

Just good old exercise and my YOR Health regimen!

I will be video blogging once a week on this subject and will report my body fat percentage every 4 weeks.

2 more days to go!!!

YOR Health: YOR Weight Management - Video

YOR Health: YOR Weight Management - Video

Why Do We Need Digestive Enzymes?

I love finding outside sources to support the need for supplemental digestive enzymes! Natalie does a great job explaining the basics, and also discusses how she treated her IBS with digestive enzymes.



Here is the written explanation included with this video:

Digestive Enzymes are enzymes that specifically work in the digestive system to facilitate the digestion, absorption, and transportation of nutrients. They also work to promote timely elimination of digestive waste products that are not of use to the body. Without enzymes, our cells would not get adequate nutrition and we would not survive.

Enzymes function as catalysts to enhance and dramatically speed up biochemical reactions that occur in every one of our cells. They are only activated in water, so staying hydrated is very important for enzymes to work effectively. Enzymes must be present to ensure proper digestion of nutrients, energy production, metabolism, transportation of fluid to cells, and elimination of toxins among many other functions.

Enzymes exist in foods to help our body's breakdown what we eat. Raw, uncooked foods are the only foods that contain enzymes. Since the majority of our diets are cooked foods, we significantly limit the enzymes available in our food for digestion, thus putting more stress on our digestive systems. Some supplemental enzymes should be taken with food to enhance digestion and absorption of nutrients, whereas other supplemental enzymes should be taken on an empty stomach to support circulation, decrease inflammation, support our immune systems and combat stress. Imbalances in these factors have been scientifically proven to be associated with or the cause of numerous diseases.

YOR Health: DicQie Fuller, Ph.D. - Scientific Advisory Board

YOR Health: DicQie Fuller, Ph.D. - Scientific Advisory Board